bandore


ban·dore

B0055600 (băn′dôr′) also ban·do·ra (băn-dôr′ə)n. A Renaissance musical instrument resembling a guitar. Also called pandore.
[Portuguese bandurra, from Late Latin pandūra, from Greek pandoura.]

bandore

(bænˈdɔː; ˈbændɔː) n (Instruments) a 16th-century plucked musical instrument resembling a lute but larger and fitted with seven pairs of metal strings. Also called: pandore or pandora [C16: from Spanish bandurria, from Late Latin pandūra three-stringed instrument, from Greek pandoura]

ban•dore

(bænˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr, ˈbæn dɔr, -doʊr)

also ban•do•ra

(bænˈdɔr ə, -ˈdoʊr ə)

n., pl. -dores also -do•ras. an obsolete guitarlike musical instrument. [1560–70; < Sp bandurria < Latin pandūra < Greek pandoûra]